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IRIDIUM 172, 43927

Orbit data source: Space-Track

IRIDIUM 172, 43927 is a payload satellite owned by Iridium (US) in LEO that was launched on Fri, 11 Jan 2019 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

43927, 2019-002F

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

15 hours ago

Origin

Iridium Communications Inc. (US)

Manufacturer

NGIS SSG Gilbert

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

ELITEBUS, Unknown motor

Mass

860 kg wet, 700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2019-01-11 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Trap Box + 2 Pan, 9.4 m

Radar Cross Section

14.423 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 IRIDIUM 172
1 43927U 19002F   25181.82609955  .00000066  00000-0  16534-4 0  9993
2 43927  86.3988 140.4632 0002480  91.0432 269.1048 14.34217984338605

Epoch: 2025-06-30T19:49Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T19:49:35.001Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

-76.06297°

Altitude

780.746 km

Speed

7.463 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 21m 51s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-54.46764°

Longitude

-81.34983°

Altitude

800.32 km

Speed

7.451 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 41m 55s

Apparent Declination

-47° 50' 30"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:17:03

Azimuth

144.366° SSE

Elevation

-79.871°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

776.405 km

Perigee altitude

772.857 km

Semi-major axis

7,152.768 km

Eccentricity

0.00025

Inclination

86.3988°

RAAN

140.4632°

Arg. of periapsis

91.0432°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

269.1048°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.58783 °/min

Orbital period

100.34 mins

BSTAR

0.000016534

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IRIDIUM 172 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
8 mins	2025-07-01 21:03:34.085Z	145.438° SSE	2025-07-01 21:07:34.085Z	89.97° E	28.848°	2025-07-01 21:11:34.085Z	26.544° NE
7 mins	2025-07-01 22:45:34.085Z	235.893° WSW	2025-07-01 22:48:34.085Z	281.936° WNW	23.614°	2025-07-01 22:52:34.085Z	335.493° NNW
8 mins	2025-07-02 09:15:34.085Z	2.449° NNE	2025-07-02 09:18:34.085Z	46.057° ENE	44.121°	2025-07-02 09:23:34.085Z	174.194° S

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